JPH01129352A - Device for preparing presentation materials - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily prepare presentation materials which can easily understood based on document structure to be grasped from document data by developing the document data based on designated presentation format information and outputting the data as the presentation materials. CONSTITUTION:Based on the document structure to designate the user of the input document data or the document structure to be analyzed in a logical structure analyzing part 4, etc., a rule from a presentation shaping dictionary 6 is adapted to determine the format such as the allocation of a document, a frame line, the type of the decorative element of an illustration, etc. Then, the document data are developed with the format to be determined by the rule and the presentation materials are prepared. Thus, the presentation materials are automatically prepared with the determined format for the user simply by executing the input of the document data and the designation of the document structure as needed. Thus, the user is prevented from changing a burden and moreover, the obtained presentation materials are in a form to be easily observed with a number of the decorative elements.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a presentation material creation device that determines the output format of presentation materials based on the structure of document data.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, most presentation materials have been created by experts tracing draft manuscripts, or by each person presenting the materials themselves using a word processor or the like.

However, the former method takes time and costs, and is not suitable for frequently held presentations such as presentations within a department.

In the latter case, the manuscript is often created using a word processor or the like, then pressed onto OHP (overhead printer) paper and colored using a marker pen or the like. However, if you notice a typo or the like after coloring, correcting it and recreating it requires almost the same amount of effort as creating a new one. It is also possible to use the decoration function of a word processor to manually decorate document data with enclosing lines and illustrations, but decorative data and illustrations with many graphical elements are usually stored as graphical data.
Since the document data, which is code information, is stored completely independently, there is a problem in that the decoration data and illustrations have to be recreated when the document data is added or deleted.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) As described above, with the conventional presentation material creation method, it is difficult to efficiently create easy-to-understand materials. In particular, creating easy-to-understand materials with decorative data and illustrations required a complicated process of repeated trial and error.

Based on such facts, it is an object of the present invention to provide a presentation material creation device that can extremely easily create easy-to-understand presentation materials based on the document structure ascertained from document data.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) In the present invention, the layout of document data to the document structure consists of a presentation formatting dictionary storing presentation format information such as information and decoration information, and a series of code information. an input section for inputting document data, specifying the presentation format information for this document data, and performing these editing operations; and a presentation structure storage section for storing the document structure of the document data input by this input section. an expansion processing unit that expands and embellishes the document data based on the document structure stored in the presentation structure storage unit and presentation format information specified by the input unit; The present invention is characterized by comprising an output unit that outputs the document data as presentation materials.

(Operation) According to the present invention, the document structure acid specified by the user of the input document data is used to determine the document layout, enclosing lines, decorative elements such as illustrations, etc., based on the document structure analyzed by the logical structure analysis unit, etc. Presentation formatting rules that specify formats such as types are applied, and the document data is developed in the format specified by the ``2'' rules to create presentation materials.

Therefore, the user simply inputs document data and, if necessary, specifies the document structure, and presentation materials are automatically created in a predetermined format. Therefore, according to the present invention, the presentation material that can be obtained without placing a burden on the user has an easy-to-read format with many decorative elements.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a presentation material creation device according to this embodiment.

The input unit 1 is an input means consisting of, for example, a keyboard, and inputs document data and layouts this document data by inputting information, designating data for graphical elements that decorate the document data, designating necessary format data, and inputting these data. This is for performing editing operations such as correction and deletion. Data input through this input section 1 is given to a document management section 2 that controls the entire apparatus. The document management unit 2 detects a delimiter code of the document data, such as a line feed code, from the given document data, considers this as the end of one sentence, and breaks it down into sentences, and as shown in FIG. Add a sentence number to each decomposed document data. This result is displayed on the output unit 3 if necessary.

The logical structure analysis unit 4 is equipped with a Japanese dictionary inside.
With reference to this Japanese dictionary, the logical structure of chapters, sections, etc. is determined based on the connection relationship between the form elements of the input document and the structure of the preceding and succeeding sentences. For example, in the example shown in FIG. 2, sentence number 1 is the first sentence and ends with the noun phrase "Characteristics of document understanding systems," so it is determined that the category of sentence number 1 is a heading. Furthermore, in sentence numbers 2 and 3, a noun phrase follows a circled number, so the category is determined to be bulleted. The results of this analysis are shown in FIG. Orders “1” and “2” as bullet points are added to sentence number 2 and sentence number 3. This analyzed logical structure is stored in the presentation structure storage section 5.

The presentation formatter 86 includes a developed form (format) of the obtained logical structure. FIG. 4 is an example of a stored format. The currently selected format is marked with an asterisk. For example, for the category "Heading 0", information such as font color, enclosure shape, enclosure type, position, etc. is provided, and the currently selected format is font color:
Black, enclosure shape: rectangle, enclosure type: solid line, position: centered.

The expansion processing unit 7 applies the currently selected format of the presentation formatting dictionary 6 to the logical structure of the document data, expands the document data, and creates presentations and materials.

Furthermore, the output section 3 creates and outputs presentation materials while coloring the document data developed and decorated by the development processing section 7 in accordance with the above format.

Next, the operation of the apparatus according to this embodiment configured as described above will be explained.

When the document data shown in FIG. 2 is input through the human resources section 1,
The logical structure analysis unit 4 performs the processing shown in FIG. 5 to determine the logical structure of document data.

That is, first, it is determined whether there is a headword in the document data (11), and if there is a headword, a headline candidate is created (12). Next, it is checked whether the matching heading rule is found among the generated heading candidates (13), and a heading is created (14). If no heading word is detected or if no matching heading rule is obtained, it is processed as having no heading (15).

Next, check whether there is a matching document structure rule (1
6) If there is a matching document structure rule, create a document structure (17). Then, the document structure is written into the presentation structure storage section 5 (18). If there is no matching document rule, perform error processing (19
).

When the above processing is performed, a logical structure as shown in FIG. 3 is stored in the presentation structure storage section 5.

Next, the operation in the expansion processing section 7 will be explained based on FIG.

First, the development processing unit 7 sequentially reads the categories of the logical structure starting from sentence number 1 (21, 22, 23° 24), and reads the format corresponding to the category (25). Then, expand the document according to the format 2 B) and display the result (2
7).

For example, if we take sentence number 1 in Figure 2 as an example, this sentence number 1
As shown in Figure 3, the category is "Heading". As shown in FIG. 4, the format of the "headline" is, for example, (character color: black), (enclosure shape: rectangle), (enclosure type: solid line), (position: centering). Therefore, in step 25, this format is read and based on this format,
In step 26, the document data "characteristics of document understanding system" with sentence number 1 is developed. In other words, this data is centered and output in black, and is surrounded by a solid rectangle.

FIG. 7 shows the procedure for adding a box shape. That is, first, the starting position (xi, yl) of the character (see FIG. 8(a)) is calculated (31), and the position (Xi, Yl) of the starting point of the box shape is calculated (32). This starting point position (Xi, Yl)
is determined by Xl-xi-α Yl-yl+β using constants α and β determined from the character size. Next, the last position of the character (xi, y
2) is calculated 33), and the position (X2.Y2) of the end point of the enclosing shape is calculated from this position (34). The position (Xi, Y2) of this end point is determined by X2-x2+α Y2-y2-β. Once these starting points and ending points are determined, the graphic data of the enclosing shape is calculated (35), and the enclosing shape is displayed (36). As a result, a box is added to the heading and displayed as shown in FIG. 8(a).

The category of sentence number 2 is bulleted, and its format is, for example, as shown in Figure 9 (font color: blue), (enclosed form:
null), (enclosure type: null), (position: +1)
Suppose that it is. In this case, the font color is blue, and the text is displayed from a position one character lower than the previous document data. Since the enclosure shape and enclosure type are null, only the characters are displayed.

Here, if the user wants to change the rectangular enclosure shape displayed in FIG. 8(a) to an oblong ellipse as shown in FIG. Select the next candidate for the attribute "Enclosed Shape" of the category "Heading" in 6, move the star to the oblong ellipse, and change it to (Enclosed Shape: Rectangle) = (Enclosed Shape: Oblong). . As a result, the presentation formatting rule is changed, and the heading is decorated with a long ellipse box, as shown in FIG. 8(b).

Further, in the format shown in FIG. 9, a solid line is selected as a connecting line between headings and bullet points. This is, for example, the first
As shown in Figure 0, the rule stipulates that a connecting line is added from the heading to each bulleted sentence, and this process is performed in the first step.
Shown in Figure 1.

In other words, first read the beginning position of the heading.xO5yO)
(41), and calculate the position (XOlYO) of the starting point of the connecting line (42). The position of this starting point (XO, YO) is α
, β is a constant determined by the size of the character, it is determined by Xo−xO+α YO■yO−β. While increasing i sequentially (43, 4
8, 49), the first position of the bullet point of order i (xI,
yi) 44), and the position of the end point of the connecting line (Xi
, Yi) is calculated (45).

Assuming that γ and δ are constants determined by the size of the characters, the end point position of the connecting line (Xl, Yi) is Xl-x
It is determined by i-γ Yi-yi+δ. Next, set the position of the broken line of the connecting line (XO
l, YOl) is determined by XOi-XOot-yt (46), and a connecting line is displayed by connecting each of the determined points (47). Through the above processing, a connecting line as shown in FIG. 10 is displayed.

In this way, according to this embodiment, the user can create presentation materials with decorative elements added according to the logical structure of the document data by simply inputting document data and specifying the desired format. It is also extremely easy to regenerate materials by changing or deleting the document data or changing the format.

In each of the above embodiments, presentation materials were created according to the format shown in FIG. 4 or FIG. 9, but it goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to using these formats. For example, when inserting an illustration, it is possible to set rules such as detecting an area as soon as it exists in the document from the document structure of the document data and its layout data, and inserting the illustration in that part. .

Further, in the above embodiment, the document structure is extracted from the document data using the logical structure analysis section 4, but the user can understand the document structure from the morphological features and semantic features of the document data and use the input section 4 to extract the document structure from the document data. You may also input it directly via .

Furthermore, even when one type of presentation format information is predetermined, the effects of the present invention can be sufficiently achieved.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, a user can create presentation materials based on the document structure and format data of the document data by simply inputting document data and specifying a small amount of information. Can be created.

Therefore, the burden on the user can be reduced, and the resulting presentation materials are easy to view.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1 to 11 are diagrams for explaining a presentation material creation device according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of an input document. , FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a logical structure stored in the presentation structure storage unit, FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of format data stored in the presentation formatting dictionary, and FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a logical structure analysis procedure. Flowchart, FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the document development procedure, FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the procedure for adding a box shape to a heading in document data, FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of displaying the same box shape, and FIG. The figure shows another example of format data stored in the presentation formatting dictionary.
FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a display example of a connecting line connecting the heading and its contents, and FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the procedure for generating the connecting line. 1... Input section, 2... Document management section, 3... Output section, 4... Logical structure analysis section, 5... Presentation structure storage section, 6... Presentation formatting dictionary,
7... Deployment processing section. Applicant's Representative Patent Attorney Takehiko Suzue Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 7 Figure 8 Figure 9 Figure 10

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) A presentation formatting dictionary that stores presentation format information such as layout information and decoration information for the document structure of document data, input of document data consisting of a series of code information, and specification of the presentation format information for this document data. , an input unit for performing these editing operations, a presentation structure storage unit that stores the document structure of document data input by this input unit, and a document structure stored in this presentation structure storage unit and the input unit. and an output unit that outputs the document data developed and decorated by the development processing unit as presentation materials. A presentation material creation device characterized by: (2) The presentation structure storage unit stores the document structure of the input document data obtained by analyzing the logical structure of chapters, sections, etc. of the document data from the morphological characteristics of the document data input by the input unit. 2. The presentation material creation device according to claim 1, wherein the presentation material creation device stores information. (3) The presentation material creation device according to claim 1, wherein the presentation formatting dictionary stores a plurality of types of the presentation format information.